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A. D. FIELD.

PACKING CASE FOR GORNIGES.

No. 269,927. Patented Jan. 2, 1883.

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Patented Jan. 2, 1883.

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IJNHED STATES ATENT Orrrcn.

ALBERT D. FIELD, OF COLUMBUS, OHIO, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO LEVI T. STRADER, OF SAME PLACE.

PACKING-CASE FOR CORNICES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 269,927, dated January 2, 1883.

Application filed June 8, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom "it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT D. FIELD, Columbus, in the county of Franklin and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Packing-Cases for Oornices; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to an improvement in cases for packing window-cornices, the object being to provide devices of this character which shall combine simplicity and cheapness of construction with durability and efficiency in use.

With these objects in view myinvention consistsin certain details of construction and combinations of parts, as will be hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a view in perspective of a packing-case constructed in accordance with my invention, one side of the case being broken away to show the manner in which the cornices are disposed within it. Fig. 2 is a view of the case in vertical cross-section; and Figs. 3 and 4 are views in vertical cross-section ofmodified forms which my improved casing may assume. I A is an oblong box, constructed of wood,

0 paper, or other desirable material, and adapted in dimension to receive a dozen cornices. The capacity of the boxes may vary within the limits of portability; but those adapted to hold a dozen cornices have been found to be of desirable and convenient size.

The racks, of which one or more may be employed, are rectangular in shape and conform in dimensions to the interior measurement of a cross-section of the boxes. The dimensions of the racks should, however, be sufficiently contracted to permit them to be readily introduced into and withdrawn from the boxes. The said racks are composed of strips B, arranged in parallel order, and having their up- 5 per and lower ends united by cross-strips O.

. The outer of the strips B are preferably made of heavier stock than the' rest to stiffen the rack structures. Ordinarily the racks are se cured against displacement in the boxes by cured thereto, as above described.

as shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings.

0 nails D; but, if desired, cleats located in the interior of the boxes may be employed in lieu thereof.

The cornices E are attached to the strips B by screws or equivalent means. In the drawings two cornices are secured to each of the rack-strips; but the method of arranging the cornices may vary considerably.

While my improved cases are adapted to packing all varieties .of cornices, they are designed especially to packing cornices having extensible wings, and when this variety is packed their wings are adjusted to interlock, and thus economize space.

In casing cornices in accordance with myinvention they are first attached to the strips B, which are afterward united by the crossstripsO to form the racks. When put together in this fashion the racks and cornices are introduced into the boxes and the racks are se- 0 Instead of putting the racks together before their introduction into the cases, they may be built up in them. The strips B may, for instance, after having cornices secured to them,

be separately introduced into the boxes and secured in place by nails driven into them through the top and bottom portions thereof,

In lieu of nails for securing the strips inplace, the boxes may be provided with holes or recesses to register with the upper and lower ends of the strips; or the same may be held in place by cleats located within and secured to thein-' ner walls of the boxes.

Another wayof building'up the racks within 8.5 the boxes is to provide the sides of the boxes with grooves adapted to receive the opposite ends of the strips, which are introduced into n the grooves separately, the cornices having been previously attached to them; also, blocks 90. Gr may be interposed between the strips to separate the cornices and prevent abrasion. As an additional safeguard for holding the strips in place, nails may be driven into them from the outside of the boxes, and instead of grooving the sides of the boxes cleats may be nailed thereto to hold the strips in position.

I would have it understood that I do not confine myself to the exact construction shown and described, but that I hold myself at lib- ICO mtv to make such slight changes and alterations as fairly fall within the spirit and scope of my invention.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A packing-case for eornices, consisting in the combination, with an oblong box. of one or more racks composed of several parallel strips of wood arranged within the box transversely of its length, the ends of said strips being secured to the contiguous sides of the box, substantially as and for the purpose described.

2. A packing-case for cornices, consisting in the combination, with an oblong box, of one or 

